The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang authorities have approved VND20.395 billion ($1.07 million) to build houses for poor families in the first phase of 2010. Of the total, VND5.314 billion will go to Cai Be district, VND5.424 billion to Cai Lay...
The Japan-ASEAN Solidarity Fund has donated nearly $1.6 million to a project to clear wartime bombs and mines in the central province of Quang Tri., the Dai doan ket newspaper reported. The Vietnam Bomb and Mine Clearance Action Center will carry...
An Giang province recently organized a large-scale bomb and mine detecting campaign and located over four tons of high explosives, the Vietnamnet.vn reported. The campaign was implemented by technicians from the military headquarters of this lower...
The Vietnamese Ministry of Health held a conference in Hanoi April 19 to kick off a health project for pregnant mothers, state media reported. Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Xuyen said the project slated for implementation from 2009 to 2012,...
The Australian Aid Program, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health and the Australian Foundation for the Peoples of Asia and Pacific (AFAP) today April 22 announce the successful completion of a Dengue Safe Water Project in the Mekong Delta. “Vietnam...
German health experts are willing to cooperate and assist with projects in Vietnam to promote the synergy between medical and economic development, affirmed Health Minister Philipp Roesler. Minister Roesler made the confirmation at a reception given...
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the U.S. Centre for Disease Control on Apr 21 signed a Letter of Intent on strengthening activities related to influenza and other animal-human diseases. Under the letter, the U.S. will provide $...
Ho Chi Minh City kicked off the construction of a clean water supply station worth VND15 billion ($788,600) in Binh Chanh district on April 20. Once operational in late this year, the station with a daily capacity of 2,700 cubic meters will benefit...
As many as 83% of the population in rural areas of Vietnam are expected to have access to clean water, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Dao Xuan Hoc. This is a target of this year’s national program on clean water and...
Hai Duong province on April 21 revoked the wastewater discharge license of Taiwanese aluminum frame manufacturer Tung Kuang. The firm’s representative also apologized to residents. Provincial authorities and environment inspectors met with Tung...
